Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Ecclesiastes

It Truly Is Vanity

ECCLESIASTES 2:1-11  –  I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy yourself.” But behold, this also was vanity. I said of laughter, “It is mad,” and of pleasure, “What use is it?” I searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine—my heart still guiding me with wisdom—and how to lay hold on folly,…

At Any Moment

  ECCLESIASTES 9:11-12 – Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all. For man does not know his time. Like fish that are taken in an…

The Joy and Necessity of Spiritual Friends

ECCLESIASTES 4:9-12 – Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though…

A Needed Prayer

PROVERBS 30:8-9 – Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, lest I be full and deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?” or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God.”   THEME OF THE DAY:  A NEEDED PRAYER.  We…

There Are No Private Thoughts and Conversations

ECCLESIASTES 10:20 – Even in your thoughts, do not curse the king, nor in your bedroom curse the rich, for a bird of the air will carry your voice, or some winged creature tell the matter.”   THEME OF THE DAY:  THERE ARE NO PRIVATE THOUGHTS AND CONVERSATIONS.  The picture King Solomon paints in today’s scripture is also the one Jesus sets…

God’s Revealing Grace

ECCLESIASTES 8:16-17 – When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on earth, how neither day nor night do one’s eyes see sleep, then I saw all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. However much man may toil in seeking, he will not…